Shadow Woman : The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton [1 ed.] 9780773589094, 9780773542013

Kansas-born Pauline Benton (1898-1974) was encouraged by her father, one of America's earliest feminist male educat

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Shadow Woman : The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton [1 ed.]
9780773589094, 9780773542013

The remarkable career of the American woman who became the world's first female master of Chinese shadow theatre.

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